CVE-2018-19213 Denial of service in n/a
Memory leaks in NASM can cause denial of service, affecting developers using the assembler.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-19213?
CVE-2018-19213 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler, published on 12 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Netwide Assembler (NASM) through 2.14rc16 has memory leaks that may lead to DoS, related to nasm_malloc in nasmlib/malloc.c.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19213?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nasm Netwide Assembler.
How do I fix CVE-2018-19213?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-19213 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-19213 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19213 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nasm Netwide Assembler
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19213, GHSA-77hf-ffhj-jgh3, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19213.